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Coleoptera: Cleridae: Clerinae) A REVISION OF THE GENUS DIEROPSIS GAHAN (COLEOPTERA: CLERIDAE: CLERINAE) Department of Entomology Museum of Comparative Zoology Harvard University Cambridge, MA 02 138 The genus Dieropsis Gahan is certainly one of the most unusual genera of the family Cleridae. Its position within the Cleridae has been discussed by Gahan (1908:95-96), Schenkling (1910:98), Corporaal ( 1950:244), Crowson (1 964:303), and Winkler (1 964: 3 17-329; 1982:5 19-523). Species of the genus Dieropsis display unique characters such as the elongated profemora and protibiae in males of one species and an unusual ocular division which Winkler (1 964:3 17-329; 1982:5 19-523) has argued call for the establish- ment of a separate subfamily (Dieropsinae) for this genus. On the other hand, Gahan (1908:95-96), Schenkling (1910:98), Corporaal (1950:244), and Crowson (1964:303) retain the species of this genus within the subfamily Clerinae near the genus Trichodes Herbst. I have been able, through a Hennigian analysis similar to that performed by Ekis (1977:126-134), to show that the sister group of the genus Dieropsis is the genus Trichodes and therefore recognition of a subfamily Dieropsinae would invalidate the previ- ously established subfamily Clerinae by paraphyly. The number of species in the genus Dieropsis has also been open to debate. Gahan (1908:95-96) described a single sexually dimorphic species, Dieropsis quadriplagiata Gahan, while Winkler (1 964:305-329) described the female representatives of Gahan's Dieropsis quadriplagiata as a separate species, Dieropsis femina Winkler. On the basis of my own morphological investigations, I have been able to determine that the majority of specimens identi- fied as Dieropsis femina are actually females of the species Dieropsis quadriplagiata, while those specimens identified as Manuscript received 19 October 1992. 6 Psyche [VOI. 100 Dieropsis femina which are male do not differ in the structure of their genitalia from other males of the species Dieropsis quadripla- giata. I have therefore synonymized Dieropsis femina with Dierop- sis quadriplagiata. However, I have found that a second, undescribed species of the genus Dieropsis exists which differs in the structure of its male genitalia from Dieropsis quadriplagiata. This species is described as Dieropsis ralphi New Species below. BMNH - British Museum of Natural History, London, England (D. Kempster) FMNH - Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, USA (A. F. Newton) INSB - Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium (M. Cludts) JRMA - Jonathan R. Mawdsley Collection (private collection) c/o MCZ, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA MRAC - Musee Royal de L'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgium (H. M. Andre) MCZC - Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Massa- chusetts, USA (D. G. Furth) Note: Terminology in descriptions follows that of Ekis (1977). Complete collecting information is only provided for type specimens; for all other specimens, collecting locality only is provided. Genus Dieropsis Gahan Type Species Dieropsis quadriplagiata Gahan (by monotypy) References: Gahan l908:95-96; Schenkling l9lO:98; Wolcott 1931 :330; Corporaal 1950:244; Crowson 1964:303; Winkler 1964:305-329; Winkler 1982:523; Kolibac 1987:105-110; Kolibac 1989a:26-30; Kolibac 1989b:3-25. Description: Head: As broad as pronoturn, black, coarsely punctate. Eyes emar- ginate in front, divided into two adjacent areas of differently sized facets, the facets of the lower part approximately twice as large as the facets of the upper part. Antennae eleven-seg- mented, terminating in a slightly asymmetrical three-seg- mented club; club similar in structure to those of species of the genus Trichodes. Labrum distinct and transverse, with a deep sinuate emargination in front. Terminal segment of maxillary palpi cylindrical; terminal segment of labial palpi triangular. Thorax: Pronotum black, coarsely punctured, covered with long dense erect black setae. Subapical depression well developed. Pronotum proper feebly rugulose, more parallel sided than rounded, usually with a longitudinal depression extending medially from the subapical depression to the pronotal collar, bearing laterally a pair of yellow tubercles which are more pronounced in females than in males. Legs black, heavily sclerotized and coarsely granulate, cov- ered with long dense erect black setae. Metafemora not attaining the apex of the elytra. Tarsi 5-5-5 (not 5-54), con- siderably thickened; segment 1 very small; segment 2 elon- gate and enlarged, as large as segments 3 and 4 together; segments 3 and 4 of equal size; segment 5 elongate, almost square in cross-section. Segments 2, 3, and 4 bearing small truncate brownish-yelllow pulvilli ventrally. Segment 5 with a pair of simple, divergent claws at apex separated by a setu- lose onychium. Elytra with coarse, irregular punctures at base, punctures decreasing in size towards apex with apical third of elytra devoid of punctures. Elytra black, except for two large yel- lowish-orange transverse maculae on each elytron. Epipleural fold concave beneath humeri at base of elytra: otherwise flat. Humeral angle bearing sparse, erect black setae. Elytra! mac- ulae with sparse orange-yellow setae; black areas of elytra covered with black pubescence. Apex of elytra feebly and sinuately truncate. Mesosternum and metasternuin black, heavily punctate, cov- ered in thick, black, dense setae, not differing in structure from those of species of the genus Trichodes. Metasternum with a distinct tubercle on either side of discrirninal line. 8 Psyche IVOI. 100 Abdomen: Ventrally black, heavily punctate, clothed with thick, black, dense setae. Six sterna visible; as in most Clerinae, fifth visible sternite emarginate at apex in males and rounded at apex in females. Sternal depressions reddish-orange in color. Key to the Species of the Genus Dieropsis Gahan la.) Length from center of Irons to elytral apices greater than 20 mm; apex of male tegmen as shown in Figure 3 ........................ ............................................... Dieropsis quadriplagiata Gahan b.) Length from center of from to elytral apices 20 mm or less; apex of male tegmen as shown in Figure 7 ................................ ............................................... Dzerop,sis ralphi NEW SPECIES Dieropsis quadriplagiata Gahan Type-Locality: Kondowe, Nyasaland (HOLOTYPE male in BMNH). References: Gahan 1908:96; Schenkling 1908:48 1 ; Schenkling 19 10:98; Wolcott 193 1:330; Corporaal 1950:244; Winkler l964:3 18; Winkler 1982:523. Synonym: Dieropsis femina Winkler 1964:3 15-3 18; Winkler 1982: 523; NEW SYNONYMY (HOLOTYPE male supposedly deposited in MRAC; present location unknown). Description: Length: 21.0 to 36.7 mm; mean about 27.1 mm; 202 specimens measured. Head: Frons black, deeply and coarsely punctate, covered with long erect black setae. Eyes large, deeply emarginate, divided as described above. Clypeus transverse, black, glabrous. Labrum deeply emarginate, smooth, bearing small scattered punctures and erect black setae. Mandibles large, black, visi- ble in repose; outer fascies coarsely punctate and bearing long erect black setae. Maxillary palpi cylindrical; labial palpi cylindrical except for triangular apical segment. Maxil- lary and labial palpi black with exception of apices in males which bear a yellow macula. Antennae very similar to those of species of the genus Trichodesi. Scape large, triangular in 19931 Mawdsley 9 cross-section; segments 2-8 subequal in size, more or less cylindrical; segments 9-1 1 broadly expanded, forming a slight1 y asymmetrical club. Segments 1-8 with sparse punc- tures and scattered black setae; segments 9-1 1 finely, densely punctate, completely covered in short pubescence. Thorax: Pronotum black, coarsely and densely punctate, completely covered with long black setae. Subapical depression strongly arcuate medially. Pronotum proper not broadly expanded, bearing laterally a yellow-orange tubercle; tubercle larger in females than in males. Prebasal depression concave, glabrous; pronotal collar narrow medially but becoming broader apically, coarsely punctate, with long erect black setae. Legs black, finely and densely punctate, completely covered in short reclinate black setae. Profemora and protibiae of males greatly elongated and slightly arcuate distally, with setae becoming progressively longer towards distal end. Pro- femora and protibiae of females equal in size to meso- and meta- femora and tibiae. Tarsi as described above; protarsi in males with a lateral fringe of long black setae. Scutellum transverse, concave, finely and densely punctate, evenly covered with short black setae. Elytra black with two transverse orange-yellow bands. Basal two-thirds of elytra coarsely and irregularly punctate; apical third of elytra devoid of punctures. Humeral angle with long erect black setae; remainder of elytra clothed in short recli- nate pubescence which is yellow above the maculae and black elsewhere. Mesothoracic wings large, well developed; venation identical to that of Dieropsis ralphi New Species (see below) and simi- lar to that of species of Trichodes such as Trichodes umbel- latarum Olivier and Trichodes bibalteatus LeConte. Mesothorax and metathorax black, densely and coarsely punctate, covered with long erect black setae, not differing in form or structure from those of species of Trichodes. Mesepisternum finely punctate, bearing only short reclinate black setae. 10 Psyche [VOI. 100 Abdomen: Black, finely and densely punctate, clothed in black
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